| 词汇 | stank |
| 释义 | stank verb uk /stæŋk/ us /stæŋk/ past simple ofstink（stink的过去式） stank | American Dictionarystank us/stæŋk/ past simple of stink Examples of stankstank He did some astonishing demonstrations in spite of his age, accompanying them with comments on the stylish taste of the aristocrats, and adding that 'the common people stank'. Her airless room had no windows, it stank of the insecticide that was used in a losing battle to control the roaches, and its ceiling was crisscrossed with sweating pipes. Proponents of the dual mechanism theory point out that irregular inflections are typically restricted either to single words (go-went) or to small clusters of phonologically similar words (sink-sank, drink-drank, stink-stank). The reason why the information service was bad, why it stank, was that every time they looked at it they cut it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The next year they said that the information service stank, and they recommended that it should be got rid of. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They applied heavy spices and heavy perfumes to conceal the fact that their whole bodies stank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole of the women's compound was filthy and it stank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The house stank of cigarettes, 13-year-olds were becoming chain smokers and 14-year-old girls were encouraged to be on the pill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He told the people there the older a thing was the more it stank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They stank from two points of view: first, the furniture was shoddy and, second, the design was rotten. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The vessels were in a terrible condition and stank to high heaven. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To my surprise and dislike, the perspiration on my knees and the extremities of all my limbs simply stank of nicotine, as badly as a third-class smoking carriage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To me, the declaration stank of a confession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The atmosphere stank of unprincipled intrigue and conspiracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should say it stank of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of stank These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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